HP Omen Transcend 14 vs Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the HP Omen Transcend 14
- Can run popular games at about 9-13% higher FPS
- Around 9% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Performs slightly better (up to 13%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
Advantages of the Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
- Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 120 Hz
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) | 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 313 x 233.5 x 16.9 mm 12.32 x 9.19 x 0.67 inches |
311 x 227 x 16.9-19.9 mm 12.24 x 8.94 x 0.67-0.78 inches |
| Area | 731 cm2 (113.2 inches2) | 706 cm2 (109.4 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~77.8% | ~80.5% |
| Side bezels | 5.8 mm | 4.8 mm |
| Colors | White, Black | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 135° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Max. fan speed (RPM) | 4900 RPM | - |
| Noise level (max. load) | 51.9 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 243 ppi | 216 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Sync technology | No | G-Sync |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 96.1% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 140 W | Yes, 100 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Bottom | Left |
| Charge power | 140 W | 100 / 200 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 506 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 8 |
| Threads | 22 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Radeon 780M |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 65 W | - |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes, Advanced Optimus | MUX |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| FLOPS | 9.6 TFLOPS | 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 96 bit | 96 bit |
| Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | ~16 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 2560 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 9.6 TFLOPS | 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2149 | 1827 |
| Solar Bay | 27641 | 26490 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | ~80.6 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Monolith | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.7 mm |
| Size | 12.5 x 8.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Omen Transcend 14:
- Discrete GPU output is available only via HDMI, despite both HDMI and Thunderbolt 4 ports being present.
- It supports dual-sided SSDs with capacity up to 4 TB.
Notes on TUF Gaming A14 FA401:
- The second SSD slot is limited to PCIe Gen 4x2.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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